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7/27/2020 0 Comments

Community Spotlight: Education

We are excited to present a series of interviews with persons of interest in the Kansas City construction community. This series is going to discuss changes in materials, trends, and challenges that 2020 has presented in their market segment of KC Construction. 
As we quickly approach August, Education is on the minds of everyone in Kansas City. This makes our first interview with Michelle Landvik, Interior Designer with Hollis + Miller Architects, especially exciting.


"I really like education design because it has an impact on society.  We are creating experiences for children to stimulate their learning experience.  Giving them a magical world, which is very exciting.  In education design, the clients are also just regular people that you can relate to on a personal level, so you can really help create a sense of community.  It feels very rewarding, not only as a person, but also as a parent." ​

 - Michelle Landvik, Interior Designer
​Hollis + Miller Architects, Kansas City, MO

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Q: What new color trends are you seeing? 
A: I really like that some flooring mills are coming out with more bold and bright colors. That is great for elementary school design. Dull colors just feel dated, going bold is definitely better. The high contrast between darks and lights are great, too. Glad that is taking hold in the commercial market. 
​Q: What new material trends do you see in the education segment? 
A: Not currently seeing any new trends. Working at home is possibly affecting what I see, since meeting with material reps is not happening like it used to.  ​
Q: Do you have a personal favorite new trend?
If so, what?​ 
A: I do like that we are turning away from the grays. On the coasts, they are already seeing more warm neutrals being used again. 
​Q: Are there an​y new types of materials now being avoided? 
A: LVT is really popular, and I don't avoid it; however, I am nervous that it won't hold up over time, at least in commercial environments, due to the heavy furniture being moved around. I prefer a polished concrete or resilient; although, they also have drawbacks, like higher pricing. Personally, I would like to see linoleum used more again. 
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What impact is COVID-19 having on your projects? What about how you engage your customers?  

A: It's had a really big impact. We were at the tail end of design development on my project, and had to immediately stop having on-site meetings, and then moved to zoom calls. Half of us were presenting and half were watching the client's facial expressions. It is much harder to read clients in virtual meetings, which makes it difficult, too. Also, instead of having normal meetings every two weeks that lasted a few hours, we started having them a couple of times a week, and they were shorter. Therefore, it took up more of our time. Collaboration is harder, as well, even though technology has come so far. We are now using MS Teams a lot and I feel it will be used from now on. 
Q: Is there an impact on material selections? 
A: Not yet. At least not on my current project.  I started using Material Bank (MB) a lot more because it was easier.  I can also easily send back to MB versus the reps.  We do like made in the USA now more than ever because of COVID issues and delays.
Q:  What is the most difficult thing about designing for schools today? 
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My current client seems to be working to make sure school can resume “normally” in the Fall; however, I think there are a lot of behind-the-scenes discussions taking place about the reality of our current situation, and how to keep our kids and teachers safe as school resumes.  Likewise, we don’t have as much access to the facilities due to COVID, and there are additional hoops to go through to get on site.  Add it all together and it becomes a more challenging process.

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1/9/2020 0 Comments

2020 Book Drive

In Kansas CIty's lowest income neighborhoods, research estimates only one book is owned, in the home, per 300 children. Reach Out and Read Kansas City is doing all they can to bridge this gap so that all children in the Kansas City area have books to call their own. 

At Lucas Commercial Flooring, we wanted to find a way to help Reach Out and Read accomplish their book goals. What a better way than hosting a book drive and collect as many new and gently-used books as we can! ​
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​Besides our own donations, we would love to get your help! Here are several ways to donate: 
  1. Come by Lucas Commercial Flooring and pick a book ornament or two off the book tree. Return the tags with the matching books to our office! 
  2. Follow our Facebook page for book recommendations. Order books directly from Amazon (or your preferred shopping site) and ship your donation directly to our office. 
  3. Go through your own collection of books for children ages birth to ten years old and bring any gently used books that you can part with to our office! 
Follow our Facebook page for more information about the book drive through February 14th, 2020! 

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10/7/2019 0 Comments

No Job Too Small

When most people hear that we specialize in commercial flooring, they think of large-scale projects. However, if you have a patch or a small replacement, Lucas Commercial Flooring is here for your service projects, as well. 

Here Is just one example of a completed service project. A local hospital needed to reduce an entryway to connect two corridors with hard surface. We provided a rendering of the new layout with the quote. Before installation, we mocked it up with a chalk plan to finalize and perfect the layout. Installers worked after hours, and since hospitals are open 24 hours, the crew kept a portion of the corridor accessible throughout the installation to make sure the entry and corridor were available for use. The result was so beautiful we had to highlight the project! 

Whether it is replacing one office or repairing a few planks, think of Lucas Commercial Flooring Group for your next service project!   ​

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7/12/2019 0 Comments

Youthfront Headquarters

Sometimes a project comes along that when you meet the people involved you know it is going to be a special project. Youthfront's new corporate office buildings was one of those special projects. Natasha Nikkel cam into Lucas Commercial Flooring's office in 2016 looking for a little help with the finish selections on their new office building. Immediately, we could tell Natasha was a stylish person with an idea of what she wanted to see reflected in the office building. 
The first step of the process was creating a vision board of the space, based on inspiration images of that idea. Natasha gathered images that leaned toward Mid-Century Modern, with a focus on function, clean lines, and combinations of materials. 
With these images to guide the way, a color palette was determined as the base of the design, and flooring options were mulled over to balance budget, style, and performance. The process began with reviewing options for the main carpet and hard surface to provide clean lines and deliberate color accents. 
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​At this point, Natasha presented the view of the exterior created by Integral Design Architecture. The beautiful tower windows gave inspiration for some of the accent products introduced in the conference and training rooms. These products started with the clean lines of the overall design, but added interest mimicking the angles of the windows. This created interest and cohesion from outside to inside and throughout the building. 

Building on the accents and styles, cabinetry finishes were reviewed and selected, continuing the tailored and sophisticated design while combining different materials for texture and interest. Furniture and lighting were the final touches that Natasha worked with our partners Convergence Lighting and Contract Furnishings to make selections that would compliment the overall feel of the office. 
"Lucas Commercial Flooring was wonderful to work with. Dana consistently provided a number of quality options for us to select from, mindful of both our design and our budget. We are thrilled with the outcome and have no doubt her creative solutions helped our project look amazing. We look forward to working with Dana again on our future projects. "
                                                                         - Natasha Nikkel
​We were pleased to see the outcome of the project at Youthfront's open house on June 20, 2019, and we congratulate them on a successful project that will give them a long-lasting home in the 47!
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6/3/2019 0 Comments

Columbia SDA Church

Columbia SDA Church was in the process of selecting a new carpet for several areas in their building, including the sanctuary, classrooms, and lobby, when Lucas Commercial Flooring Group connected with one of the committee members. The committee had been working on making a carpet selection for the church, but the quotes they had received didn’t give the committee much information on what to expect from the materials quoted.

When Lucas’s President, Dana Hetrick, reached out, she wanted to focus on what type of commercial carpet specification would work best for a church, and what to look for in the specifications to compare quotes “apples to apples”. Dana also suggested that Lucas Commercial Flooring pull some samples to review options available based on the church’s expectations of the life span and performance of the material.
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After some additional conversations, the committee decided to meet with Lucas Flooring. During the meeting, several options were reviewed and discussed, with the main discussion revolving around quality versus budget. 

The church didn’t want to replace their flooring with just anything, they wanted to find a product that, with proper maintenance, would last 10-15+ years without blowing their budget. Reviewing samples for styles and colors that worked with the facility, Dana explained how the carpet backing, type and shape of the fibers, ounce weight and height of the loops, and dying process of the fibers all went into the longevity of the product. She then worked with the committee to rank the samples on value, considering both quality and pricing in the ranking. 

The final selection was a carpet tile with a rubber backing, type 6,6 nylon fibers, 22 oz. level loop, a mix of solution and space dyed fibers, and a gorgeous pattern that will provide the Columbia SDA Church a flooring solution that will be beautiful for many years! 

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